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Is the manual not clear enough? How to improve that?
Jan
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>Von: Petar Tahchiev [mailto:paranoiabla@gmail.com]
>Gesendet: Mittwoch, 26. Oktober 2005 09:29
>An: Ant Users List
>Betreff: Re: Ant or Subant question
>
>On 26/10/05, Jan.Materne@rzf.fin-nrw.de
><Jan.Materne@rzf.fin-nrw.de> wrote:
>>
>> >However I was asking myself another question. What happens with the
>> >basedir project's attributes?
>>
>> From the manual
>> "If you want to run directory1/mybuild.xml, directory2/mybuild.xml,
>> ...., use the antfile attribute. The subant task does not
>set the base
>> directory for you in this case, because you can specify it in each
>> build file."
>>
>>
>> >I saw you can pass a
>> >property, but what happens if there exists already defined basedir
>> >property and you pass one to the build you are calling with subant?
>>
>> Properties are immutable - first wins.
>> And the first should be the value you pass into - but just
>try it out.
>>
>>
>> >I know that properties are immutable, but I also know that
>basedir is
>> >a "special" property, which reminds me another
>> >question: what is the special of the basedir property?
>>
>> Relative paths are relative to ${basedir}.
>> ${basedir} is set by Ant even if you dont specify it as attribute.
>> It´s the directory of the build.xml.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jan
>>
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>Thanks for the assistance, Jan. That cleared out my suspicions.
>
>--
>Regards, Petar!
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